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. 1979 Jun;63(6):1049–1054. doi: 10.1104/pp.63.6.1049

Spatial Distribution of Circadian Clock Phase in Aging Cultures of Neurospora crassa1

Subhuti Dharmananda a, Jerry F Feldman a
PMCID: PMC542968  PMID: 16660855

Abstract

Neurospora crassa has been utilized extensively in the study of circadian clocks. Previously, the clock in this organism has been monitored by observing the morphological and biochemical changes occurring at the growing front of cultures grown on solid medium. A method has been developed for assaying the clock in regions of the culture behind the growing front, where no apparent morphological changes occur during the circadian cycle. Using this assay with Petri dish cultures that were 2 to 7 days old, the presence of a functional circadian clock not only at the growing front but in all other regions of the culture as well was demonstrated. Furthermore, the entire culture is not in the same phase, but shows a gradient of phases which is a function of the length of time the clock in a given part of the culture has been free-running. This gradient may be the result of a somewhat longer period of the oscillator behind the growing front compared to that at the growing front. The phase differences within a single culture of interconnected mycelium demonstrate the absence of total internal synchronization between adjacent regions of the hyphae under these conditions.

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